> << Christianity a Hate Crime? >> > Apparently it may be soon. Today, my pastor presented the congregation with > copies of an e-mail he received on the 9th that talked about executive order > 13107. This EO "requires federal, state and local governments to comply with > all United Nations Treaties." According to the e-mail, the UN Treaty of > Genocide says that "persuading someone to change his or her religion is a > hate crime punishable by international law." The recently established office > of Religious Persecution Monitoring is suspected to use this treaty to target > Christian missionaries and others who teach Jesus only. > > I have no idea whether this is a valid problem or not. It might just be a > hoax, yet did state that Congress is still debating the order. I plan on > doing my own investigation into the matter. In the mean time, does any one > know anything else about EO 13107? Is this hoax or not? You can read the EO at this address: http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri- res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/1998/12/11/4.text.2 It seems to apply only to the federal government, but you know how that goes. Here you will find the UN Treaty: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/p_genoci.htm I did not find where it mentions evangelizing the way we mean it. Joe R